I found some very good tips about avoiding procrastination, and the summary is this:
If you want to actually succeed in life, stop relying on your future self to take care of things. Now.
If you’re in debt and want to fix it, start fixing it now.
If you’re overweight, start eating better and exercising now.
If you’re not saving for retirement, set up retirement savings now.
If you want to get household tasks done, do them now.
Don’t find excuses to not do them because you want to do something “fun” today. There will always be something fun to do, which means there will always be a reason to avoid making the hard changes.
If you won’t make the change, your future self certainly won’t, either. By skipping out now, you’re telling your future self that not doing it is just fine.
Are you going to do something today, or are you going to give you and your future self permission to never actually get around to it?
